Welcome
Welcome to the world of orienteering, where adventure meets skill and nature comes alive! Whether you are a seasoned navigator or a curious beginner, our club Lagan Valley Orienteers offers an exciting way to explore the great outdoors. Join us as we embark on thrilling journeys through forests, up mountains, and around parks, all while honing our navigation skills, making friends, running together and having fun. See “I tried orienteering” on YouTube and continue reading here.
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NI Colour Series 6 Craigavon Lakes |
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News Headlines
- 🏃♀️🏃♂️ Entries now open for NICS 6 Urban Race – Craigavon Lakes!
- LVO Hosts a Superb Senior Home International (SHI) in the Mournes
- 🏆 LVO Celebrates 25 New NI Orienteering Champions!
- ⏰ Sign-up now for our last Club Meet of the Year
- 📣 Juniors – Sign-up NOW for Six Weeks of Skills Training
News
Here are the first 100 hundred words of the latest posts to LVO’s news feed. Please note that hyperlinks appear as plain text in these snippets – click the heading to see the full post with working hyperlinks. The news page is here.
- 🏃♀️🏃♂️ Entries now open for NICS 6 Urban Race – Craigavon Lakes! - 👀 Planner Philip Baxter brings us an urban extravaganza for the next NI Colour Series event! 🔥 📅 Date: Sunday 25 October ⏰ Start times: 11:30am–1:00pm 📍 Location: Craigavon Lakes With 7 different courses to choose from, there's something for everyone, from the 2.8km Yellow course right up to the challenging 11.5km Brown, with map exchanges for the top 3 courses! 💪 🔎 Full event details: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/ni-colour-series-6-26/ 📝 Enter now: https://www.sientries.co.uk/event/nics6-craigavon-urban-2026?elid=Y ⏳ Entries close at midnight on Sunday 18 October, so don't leave it too late! Read More ...
- LVO Hosts a Superb Senior Home International (SHI) in the Mournes - It was LVO’s turn to host the Senior Home International (SHI) this year, the annual orienteering competition between representative teams from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Meelmore Mountain was chosen as the venue for the individual race on Saturday, with Slievenagore Mountain providing the setting for Sunday’s relays. With each team comprising 3 M20s, 3 W20s, 6 senior men (including at least one M35+) and 6 senior women (including at least one W35+), competitors could expect courses to be testing and of the highest standard. Meelmore's M21E course measured 14.7 km with 610 m of climb, while the W21E course… Read More ...
- 🏆 LVO Celebrates 25 New NI Orienteering Champions! - 🧭🎉 What a fantastic day of orienteering on Saturday as LVO members took on the challenging Mourne slopes of Meelmore and Luke’s Mountain at the 2026 Northern Ireland Long Distance Orienteering Champions! ⛰️ A big shout-out to guest planner Shane Lynch for providing some seriously testing courses, expertly overseen by controller Ivan Millar, with Chris Colwell as organiser and supported by a fantastic team of helpers. 👏🙌 🎉 Congratulations to our 25 new NI Orienteering Champions! 🎉 🥇 W10 – Charlotte Kerr 🥇 M12 – Dylan Kennedy 🥇 W12 – Sophie Kerr 🥇 M14 – Nat Kerr 🥇 W14 –… Read More ...
- ⏰ Sign-up now for our last Club Meet of the Year - ⏳ Sign-up closes Tuesday 6 October at midnight for our October Club Meet in Lisburn, for some proper urban and sprint training, courtesy of Olivia Baxter. 🗓 Saturday 10 October⏰ 10am–2pm💰Free for members of LVO / NIOA / Orienteering Ireland Clubs. 👉 Don’t miss it — get signed up now: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/iUpumP9saf Full details here: https://lvo.org.uk/allfixtures/club-meet-oct-26/ Read More ...
About Orienteering
Videos: Introduction to Orienteering | Setting the map | Using the Compass | Attack Points | Aiming Off | Large Contour Features | Route Choice | Intricate Contours.
Websites: Learn Orienteering (e.g. map colours, legends, control symbols and much else besides) | O-training.net (a resource for orienteering training).
Read about the different types of orienteering here and you’ll find some tips here.